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Podcasts
Will the Academy’s New Code of Conduct Policy Impact Its President? — IndieWire’s Movie Podcast
Screen Talk, episode 190: With John Bailey under investigation for sexual harassment charges, we discuss how renewed scrutiny is impacting the business as a whole.
Joel McHale on His New Netflix Show, Why E! Can’t Sue Him, and How #MeToo Shouldn’t Elicit Jokes — Turn It On Podcast
McHale also shares what it was like to play a young Chevy Chase, the status of a “Community” movie and what happened with his CBS sitcom.
‘Ready Player One’ Is Better Than Anyone Imagined, But Does That Mean It’s Commercial? — IndieWire’s Movie Podcast
Screen Talk episode 189: “Ready Player One” chatter, plus updates from SXSW and Miami.
Rosie Perez on Her ‘Rise’ Character Losing Her Job to a White Guy, Finding Her Voice & Celebrating the Arts — Turn It On Podcast
Producer Jason Katims (“Friday Night Lights”) also discusses why he was ready to return to high school, and Perez reveals the reason she avoided TV until recently.
‘Living Biblically’: Johnny Galecki and Patrick Walsh Aren’t Trying To Piss Off Religious People — Turn It On Podcast
Galecki also describes how “surreal” it was to return to the “Roseanne” reboot set, and gives his take on when “The Big Bang Theory” will likely end.
One Last Attempt to Predict the 2018 Academy Awards — IndieWire’s Movie Podcast
If you really want to win the office pool, you can’t ignore the crafts.
‘Unsolved’ Stars On Depicting The Forgotten Friendship Between Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. — Turn It On Podcast
Director Anthony Hemingway, Marcc Rose (Tupac), and Wavyy Jonez (Biggie) on whether the cases can be solved, why the estates weren’t involved, and re-creating the late 1990s hip-hop world.
Guillermo del Toro Wears His Cinematic Influences On His Sleeve in ‘The Shape of Water’
From “Punch-Drunk Love” to Audrey Hepburn to the Coen Brothers, del Toro doesn’t hide the countless films and directors who inspired his greatest work.
Steve James Creates Incredible Character-Driven Documentaries by Building On-Camera Relationships – Toolkit Podcast
How the legendary director of “Hoop Dreams,” “The Interrupters” and this year’s Oscar-nominated “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” gets ordinary people to be themselves on screen.
Final Oscar Predictions: We Go Through the Major Categories of an Unpredictable Year — IndieWire’s Movie Podcast
Screen Talk, episode 187: Ballots are due next week, but many of the major categories remain difficult to parse.
Jason Priestley on His New Show as an Antidote to Dark TV, and Why He Didn’t Want to Revisit ‘90210’ — Turn It On Podcast
Priestley plays an ex-pro hockey player who becomes an unlikely private investigator in the Ion drama “Private Eyes.” (Yes, it’s named after the song.)
